Current Affairs 25th November 2018

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Mohammed VI-B: Morocco Launches its Second Earth Observation Satellite — Morocco’s first satellite named Mohammed VI-A was launched on 8th November 2017 by Vega rocket from Kourou space centre. Mohammed VI-B is the second satellite of Morocco’s ambitious space program- the first in Africa. The satellite is named after Mohammed VI, King of Morocco who launched this ambitious space program in 2013.

Neighborly App Launched in Bengaluru, Delhi to Gather Information about a Neighborhood: Google NBU — Google’s Next Billion Users team announced the national roll-out of its Neighbourly app in Delhi and Bangalore. The full fledged app offers services in 8 vernacular language and is a targeted app with a geographic radius between 1 to 5 km. The initial phase was tested in Mumbai, followed by Jaipur, Ahmedabad, Mysore, Vizag, Kochi and Coimbatore.

Sachin Waze Launched App Offering Data Protection and Privacy in Mumbai — A messaging app aimed at reducing rumor-mongering and ensuring complete data privacy was launched by former police officer Sachin Waze in Mumbai. The app, Direct Baat, is available on Android and is being developed for other platforms. Mr. Waze said the app does not store any data of the user except for registration details, which eliminates the scope of user data being leaked owing to external or internal breaches.

Coimbatore Collector Released the Potential Linked Credit Plan by NABARD — Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore district Collector T.N. Hariharan released the potential linked credit plan prepared by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development for the district. The plan envisages a 6.61% hike in loans to be disbursed by banks during the next financial year. The potential credit outlay estimated is Rs. 19,448 crore for 2019-20. Of this, the agriculture and allied sectors will get 39.55%, MSMEs will get 42.02%, and other sectors will get 18.43%.

SER Won the 41st All India Railway Bridge Championship — South Eastern Railway emerged champion in the team event of the 41st all-India Railway bridge championship at Garden Reach, Kolkata. South Eastern, Eastern, Metro and Central entered the super league before the former won the title with 43.79 VPs. Eastern finished runner-up. South Eastern was represented by Hasibul Hasan, Pranab Roy, Sandip Dutta, Prasantha Bera, Subhasish Sarkar and Wrik Chakraborty who have also represented the country in many international tournaments.

Filmmaker Nandita Das to Receive FIAPF award — Filmmaker Nandita Das will be honored with the International Federation of Film Producers Associations (FIAPF) Award at the 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) in Bribane on the 29th of this month. She will be presented the award in recognition of her achievement in film in the Asia Pacific region.

Trump thanked Saudi Arabia for Plunging Oil Prices — The U.S. President Donald Trump publicly thanked Saudi Arabia for plunging oil prices despite the criticism over his decision not to further punish the kingdom for the killing of U.S.-based columnist Jamal Khashoggi. This happened after the president condemned the brutal slaying of Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

Centre made Jute Packaging mandatory for all Food Grains — The Centre approved a proposal making jute packaging mandatory for all food grains. The decision was taken by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, headed by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In India, the jute sector employs approximately 3.7 lakh workers directly. The move is significant as it would support several lakh families and workers whose livelihood is dependent on the jute sector.